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` WITNESSES: 05W/W IIIlCiltGCi, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR` TO WILLIAM H. MINER, F

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.application lled .Tidy 1, 1918. Serial No. 242,848.

.llc it known that l', inward. Loonsni ai'. a citizen of the llnited itatcs, residing` at lfhicago, in the county ol Cook and State ot illinois. have invented a certain new and nsetnl improvement in (jar Construction, ot. which the following is a toil, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, orining a part ol' this specification. I

This invention relates to iniprovelnents in4 rar construction.

tine object of the inrentiiiin is'to provide an unusually strong end traine construction 'tor railway ears and more esijiecially tor the rear ends of tenders that are subjected to heavy shocks.

More speeiiically, the object ol2 the invenV tion is to provide a rast end sill which is securely united to the center aille and wherein the end sill is provided wi h an opening 'to accommodate the rear end. olf the draw bar and the iront ends oli a horizontal yoke and in addition is provided with integral upper and lower horlzontally extending shoulders adapted to loria liront stops for a shock al soi-hing ineclninisi'n. v

.ln the drawings 'forming a part ot 'this specilication, litigare l. is a top plan View of the end ol? a tender innlerlraine showing' my improvements in connection therewith, the end portions ol the end sill being broken away in order to prevent crowding of the drawing. ifig. 2 is a longitinlinal, vertical, sectional view, taken substantially on 'the line 2 2 ol Fig'. l. And Figs. 3 and ffl are i'ertieal, transverse, sectional views upon an. enlarged reale, takenon the lines f--ff and 4-4, respectively, oi lFig.

llelerring to the drawings, itl-l0 denote heavy channel-shaped center sills el a tender nnderlrame; d. the improved cast end sill; li a combined stop and center bearing casting, (l a draw bfi-r; l) a horizontal yoke; l a front follmver; l" a rear follower; (l--G twin-arranged friction gears, ll a coupler key; l a detachable saddle plate for snpporting the parts in position; and it a removable carry iron.

i` lelerring to the Combined stop and Center bearing casting, the saine is shown as provided with side walls 13.-11 riveted to the center sills lt), a center bearing section' proper 'l/2, horizontally extending, integrally 'fornied opper and lower stopft; ifi and 'lllvertically spaced to accommodate the rearward movements of the yoke l) therewithin,` as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and suitable bracing flanges l5, 16, 1T, 18, 19 and 20. ln addition, said casting B is preferably pro- `vided with relatively short forwardly extended horizontal flanges 21-21 to forni suitable. guides for-the horirontal yoke l) in its n'ioreinents.

The friction gears are arranged one above'the other and are; of a well known' forni and need not be specircally described. Vll`he saine are eonlined between the arms of the yoke l) and interposed between the followers E and F. The followers and gears -are supported by. the saddle plate J which is preferably detachably secured to the lower llanges of the center sills by bolts 22.'

'lhe yoke D is arranged horizontally in a well known manner and is oit unusually heavy construction dile to the high capacit of the shock absorbing mechanism. At their forward ends, the arins of the yoke D are enlarged as indieated at 23--23, the'saine being slotted to accommodate the coupler key ll which also passes through a suitable corresponding slot in the rear end of the draw bar.

rlhe improved end sill casting A is shown as provided with an upper plate or wall 2l which extends over the center sillsf and is riveted to the upper flanges thereotl as indicated at 25. Said upper plate extends to each side oli' the center sill and is preferably tapered in a rearward direction, as clearly 'appears from Fig. l. In addition, the end sill casting A is provided with rearwardly extended, Vertical flanges :2G-26 which lit against the inner faces of the Center sills and are riveted to the center sills, as indicated by the rivets 427. These flanges are preferably provided at their lower ends with intnrned narrow horizontal flanges 28;)5 (see l? ig. 3) which forni suitable lower guides for the horizontal yoke l). The end sill casting A extends from side to side of the car in a` well known manner, the outcrmost portions thereof being broken away in Fig. 1, as hereinbefore referred to, and. integrally formed with said end sill is a buf- 'ing block, as indicated at 29 in Fig. 2. At its center, the end sill casting is provided with a rectangular opening designated by the reference 30 in Fig. 4., which opening is defined by an upper horizontal web .31, )jerti :alside websBQ-SQ and a lower hori; mtal web 33, the latter bei ng' preferably do wn lio 1 -.lines 39-39 in Fig. O

30 be noted the front stops 36 5 35 shown by the dotted lines in Fig. l, and

` 4,'said vertical web 35 in elevation in Fig. being cut away'i'n alineinen-t with the opening to accommodate the movements of the draw bar butt and yoke, as will be unl0 derstood. Said vertical web 35, between .the

center sills, forms horizontally extending 4vertical upper and lower stop shoulders 36 and 37 with which coperates the front follower E. The end sill proper also involvesank15 other transversely extending vertieal'web 38 which goes from end to end and saidv vertical webs and 38 may be suitably braced at desired intervals, as indica-ted by the dotted The carry iron K is of generallyl U-t'orm with suitable flanges adapting the same to be the end sill A,

and 4l.

As will be clear from the preceding description considered in connection with the drawings, the end sill is rigidly connected to the center sills by means of a comparatively large riveting area and in addition, it will that the front stops 36 and 37 for the gear are exceedingly strong. Each ot' and 37 is braced. against a draft movement tudinally extending sections of metal. 'The 35 upper shoulder 36 is braced in .this manner by the 'upper plate24, the upper wall 3l hereinbeore referred to and the upper portions of the vertical webs 32-32. e lower 7 is bra-ced by the lower plate or wall 40 42 of the end sill casting and by thel horizon This h tal web 33 hereinbefore referred to. I. construction is exceedingly strong and forms a protective housing for the inner end of the draw bar and the forward end of the yoke as well as a support for said elements.

Although I have herein shown and de- 'said endA sill having by aplurality of longi scribed what I now consider the preferred manner of carrying out the invention, the same is merely illustrative and I contem plate allchanges and modiiications coming `within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

I claim:

l. In car construction, the combination with the car center sills, of a east end sill having a pair of rearwardly extended iianges riveted to the inner sides of said center sills, upper and lower., vertically spaced horizontally extending, integral, vertical webs vforming transverse shoulders on its inner side, each transverse shoulder extending from one of said flanges he other, said shoulders being adapted to 2. Aslan aiiticle of manufacture, a cast end sill for railway cars, said end lsill compris- A ing a pair of transversely extending' webs, a

top plate, a bottom plate, rearwardly extended securing flanges, said casting havingr a centrally disposed opening therein dciined by upper and lower horizontal webs and vcrtical webs, said opening being adapted to accommodate a draw bar butt and the front en ds of ay yoke.

In car construction, the combination with channel-shaped center sills, oi. a cast end sill extending from side to side oi the car, said cast end sill having a horizontal plate extended rearwardly over the center sills and riveted thereto, rearwardly extended flanges secured to the inner aces'of the center sills, an integifal bufiing block, and upper and lower transversely extendingil `orizontal shoulders between the center sills. In witness that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto subscribed my naine this 13th day of June, 1918.

HARVEY J. LOUNSBUR Y. 

